A closer look

Locking in your favorite character means nothing when the entire game is built around rock-paper-scissors swapping. Overwatch's ecosystem revolves heavily around hard counterpicks, perfectly illustrated when a flying Pharah instantly forces the enemy team to swap to hitscan heroes like Cassidy or Widowmaker. This creates a volatile metagame where winning team fights is less about raw mechanical aim and entirely dependent on out-drafting the opponents in the spawn room.